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QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 04:26 PM) Heh what are people's beef with Kepp? A few months back, Laurence Holmes mentioned how Keppinger is a guy that they need to get out of the clubhouse. He didn't elaborate much at all. He was saying that he was a bad guy that the team didn't like very much.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Sep 22, 2013 -> 06:36 AM) Jackson would be a great pick. Does anyone know what the chances are that he signs? Hasn't he signed a letter of intent to go to Oregon? Most of the "prospect people" in the media talk about him as if he will be a top 5 pick. If his commitment was that solid I think it would get brought up more. I would imagine that he and Gatewood will both sign.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2013 -> 11:43 PM) Why does Robin all of a sudden want to manage forever? If his stance has completely changed, my guess is he'll sign that multi-year extension if it's offered again this offseason. If we suck defensively and on the basepaths again next year, Robin should be on the hotseat. He probably won't be, though, cause Sox are not going to be in the news much next season if we are out of it in May. My guess is attendance also will take a big hit this time if we suck a second consecutive season. p.s. To those of you who get mad when I bring up how expensive it is to go to a game, the current edition of ESPN the Mag has an article on best/worst franchises. The BEST FRANCHISES currently (Memphis Grizzlies is No. 1) are ones with very cheap season ticket prices and food prices. ESPN said surveys say AFFORDABILITY is huge now with fans. Fans don't want to be robbed at their sports venues. Finally, I'll be at the United Center this year to watch Duke play Kansas in men's college basketball and Kentucky play Michigan State. I have to drive a car to the United Center and not take public transportation. Do you think a.) I'll be mugged or b.) my car will be damaged/stolen? I have to stay a while after the game waiting for a friend who works at the UC. Will I be mugged going back to my vehicle? Thank u for all the answers. Is this is a serious question? Why would you get mugged? The "dangerous" Chicago is so overblown. It's only like 3 neighborhoods and it's between gang members. The media lies and says gun violence instead of gang violence and people like you think you can't make it to a Bulls game. Oh boy.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 19, 2013 -> 12:51 PM) Worth it. I received this email as well. I don't think I'll be going back out even for free though. Between coaching HS football and NFL Sundays I don't really have time for baseball.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 19, 2013 -> 10:03 PM) Who tipped over??? I am thinking it has to be Johnny and Frank. I love they perfectly didn't show any of the 4 in next week's preview. Bastards.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 08:43 AM) Will you guys be hoping for Kolek if he goes down early in the year with a shoulder injury? I know we fantasize about picks, but speculating on potential draft picks in September is about as silly as speculating on a major league roster for 2015. Kolek is a HS pitcher. If they go pitcher that high I think it'd be a college arm. They could go HS bat though. I really like Alex Jackson.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) Is it more negative than the drop off of his offense? I don't think his offense is that big of a drop as the DH though is it? He cannot play anywhere on defense. It destroys his value. If he hits 35-40 bombs, walks close to 100 times and strikes out a ton it is fine at DH. At 1B, his defense is so bad that he's a negative WAR player.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 09:33 AM) How have his numbers been as a DH? I thought someone mentioned he's hit much better for us while playing 1B. Doesn't matter though. He offers a negative defensive value. Is there the Sox would sign McCann and Abreu and just keep Dunn too for a year? Now that's some thump. Then Dunn could definitely hit 6th.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 10:01 AM) Wasn't Grilli a mid 90's guy back then? Either way the drafted him as a starter, not reliever. There was a great SI column about Grilli some months ago. He just basically talked about how he was expected to pitch multiple innings and needed to throw 3-4 pitches. He just couldn't sustain it and always wore down. He said a couple of years ago he decided to just go fastball-slider only and he increased MPH on the fastball. Once he decided to be a closer he was much more successful.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 04:07 PM) I think Kepp/Gillaspie would be one of the worst 3B combos in baseball, befitting our 60-win team. Could be, but I don't think so. Keppinger is having an outlier of a year. Gillaspie is actually good against RHP. The problem is, Would the manager only play Keppinger vs LHP and Gillaspie vs RHP? If Ventura did this and they upgraded in other spots, it would be fine. If he plays Keppinger 55-65 games vs RHP and Gillaspie in a number of games against LHP he would just be setting both players up to fail.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 01:11 PM) Mad Men will end in the Breaking Bad way. 7 episodes in 2014, last 7 in 2015. This is most likely done so that they can win Emmy's. Breaking Bad's Final Season will be eligible for next year's 2014 Emmy's along with the 1st 7 episodes of Mad Men's Final Season. In 2015 however, the Final 7 episodes of Mad Men will be available to win awards with no Breaking Bad from the same network to compete against. I hate it. I get it though.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 10:08 PM) Yep. If the Sox win tonight, our magic number stays 9, and the Cubs will be 14. Heck, the Sox could drop to 5th. Sox are still "3 games up" on the Cubs for the 3rd pick. Sox have 11 games left. 5-6 probably gets them pick #3.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 10:01 AM) I think there is a problem identifying guys who are going to hit. They have developed pitching just fine, but you would think if they had drafted guys who could or would hit, considering how they have pawned off prospects on other teams, at least a couple of them over the years would have some success. I understand they like the toolsy guys who they hope to develop, but almost all their top hitting prospects since Crede and Rowand and Jeremy Reed have been huge swing and miss ridiculously high strikeout rate guys who really don't offset that with a ton of homers and a good OBP. It's almost as if they draft the same player year after year and hope this time it will be different. I'd like to see them just one draft, concentrate on baseball players the first several rounds, not athletes. Being incredibly fast or strong does you no good if you can't hit the ball, or lay off pitches out of the strike zone, or can get a decent jump. You are right. There is always a place for super athletic, toolsy players. The problem was that KW wanted athletic players and JR did not want to spend money on the draft. In turn, the Sox end up with players like Mitchell, Walker, and Thompson because of it.

The White Sox are not getting Robinson Cano. Might as well close this thread too because nothing of substance will come of it either. People arguing in a relevant thread about people being happy about the White Sox losing gets shutdown but a pipedream thread about the Sox getting a guy that will require a 10 year $300 million deal is alive and kicking? Very funny.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2013 -> 09:00 PM) The other thread was closed for a reason. Let it go. For a stupid reason. If people in the win now at all costs thread didn't like that thread why did they post in it? This is being treated like it's f***ing grade school and people can't defend themselves. I am pretty sure most of us are all adults here. And I am angry because I never got to respond to Dick Allen's idiotic comparison to the Bears.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 4, 2013 -> 03:19 PM) Rosenthal had a nice scoop but it was obvious that story was going to change quickly ... as it did. He's not giving up 15 million bucks. Odds of that are the same as the Sox winning the WS next year. He actually didn't have any scoop. Dunn never mentioned retiring after this season, even during the initial interview. It was a lazy column to attract page views.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 06:04 PM) I go back and forth on the idea of McCann. On one hand, he's 29 already and injury prone, but on the other, he's 20 times better than any C in our system, there's no one around to clog up 1B/DH after next year, I think the team can be competitive in 2-3 seasons while he will still be able to hit, and there's a chance his contract stays reasonable if teams see him as risky at C for more than a year or two. I totally agree. What is McCann looking at? More or less than the contract that Dunn signed 3 years ago?

Jeez, must be a slow news day huh?

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 09:00 AM) Seriously, though, how hard did the Sox go after these guys? The only one of those three that I remember hearing the Sox pursuing was Cespedes. The Sox are now in a position where they can actually and actively pursue Abreu, where in the past they did not have the necessary funds. That being said, I will be surprised if the Sox sign this guy. I think they'll be in the sweepstakes, but the price may prove to be too high. Last year, Peter Gammons tweeted that the White Sox were 2nd in the bidding for Soler at upwards of $25 million.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 25, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) Why did I think he threw in the mid-90's? Hm. He was mid 90's in HS. His arm action also makes his pitches look a lot harder as well.

Erik Johnson is a better pitcher than Andre Rienzo.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 07:45 AM) I like watching the Sox win That's great. I like watching the Sox win when the season is not already lost. The Sox must have a top 5 pick in this draft. It just allows you to spend more $$. That is the most important thing now.

QUOTE (MAX @ Aug 18, 2013 -> 12:33 PM) I just don't think they can possibly catch those awful teams, especially houston. So that weighs into my decision for hoping to see the players on the roster do well. Another thing - if the players on the roster just suck all year enough to lose 105 games then we have more major problems than a number one pick will solve. I am fine with the #3 pick. I just don't want to fall any further than that. Need as much money to spend on the draft as possible.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 17, 2013 -> 04:49 PM) You can now say that the entire pitching staff has been through the Sox system minus Purcey and Lindstrom. Possibly Quintana? With only 37 spots occupied on the 40 man roster, Dan Hayes made it sound like Webb, Johnson, and Taylor Thompson would all be here shortly as well.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Aug 17, 2013 -> 12:29 PM) He's represented by Praver Shapiro Sports Management, twitter reports (Jeff Passan). Googol search shows they also rep Carlos Marmol, Zambrano and Wandy Rodriguez. based in Miami White Sox will be present for Abreu's showcase in September. http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox-talk/w...abreus-showcase